Improvement in can-fillers



Rf NEWTON.

Gan-Fillers.Y

NO.138,574. Patented May 6,1873.

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Witnesses: In amor;

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ROBERT NEWTON, OF MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAN-FILLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,574, dated May 6, 1873 application iiled Aprn 5, 1873.

` To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ROBERT NEWTON, of Millville, in the county of Cumberland and State ot' New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Can-Filler, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of a hopper, in which the tomatoes are placed, which tapers down to a cylindrical chamber at the lower part about the size ot' the can to be lilled, and has a collar or nozzle at the lower end to enter a hole in the top of the can while the latter is being lled; also, a self-closing valve to prevent thc escape of the tomatoes while the cans are being changed, and in which said hopper there is a plunger, with which a lever .is arranged to force it down to ll the can,

and a spring to lift and hold it up after filling, and below the nozzle of the hopper is a vert-ically-movable rest for the cans, which is so connected with the lever for working the plunger that the can is raised up to the nozzle, and the nozzle is caused to enter the can, when the plunger begins to act to discharge the tomatoes into it. Below the rest for the can is a receptacle for the juice and line matters escaping in the operation, into which they pass through a grating, over which the filled cans are passed along in being4 delivered from the machine.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved machine,'and Fig. 2 is a plan view with a part of the case or frame sectioned.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

O is a hopper, having a conical bottom terminatin g in a cylindrical chamber, G', of the same size below the support K ofthe machine as the can to be filled, and extends to a short distance above the rest l, whereon the can F is placed under the chamber G to be iilled. The can is lifted up to the end of chamber G to receive a collar or nozzle, P, in the hole in its top to hold it in place while being filled,

and to guide the tomatoes into it. The rod R forces it up where the lever D is pressed down to force the tomatoes into the can by .a plunger, B, Within the hopper. A valve,'E, is arranged in the chamber Gr, closing upward by a spring, X, to close the hopper when the plunger is raised after lilling a can to hold the contents of the hopper while removing the filled can and presenting an empty one. This valve is fixed on the curved stem Y, which works in a hole in the side of the chamber G. I

I also propose to use a sliding valve and actuate it by the lever D to close it as thc plunger raises.

. The rod E is connected to-lever l) by lever Z and rod W. The plunger is held up by a spring, Q. The hopper O will be filled around the plunger, which will rise and let a portion of the tomatoes fall under the end at each operation. The table H, whereon the cans are moved onto and away from the rest I, will have slots T through it, and a sloping shelf,

U, below to receive the droppings and conduct them into a receptacle, V.

.The apparatus is applicable for iilling cans with other fruits as well, and I propose to use it for any that I may wish. Gans of any ordinary sizes for fruit may be filled with it.

Witnesses:

.ENocH B. WALLEN, EDWARD S. WALKER. 

